Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-06-18
FOURTH EDITION
,aILADELPaIA ITEMS.

PHIL, >pELPHIA, june Is - When
VARY v ard, o tanner, who lives ct
1853 Wsr nook street. went home 10
dinner va terdsy, he found the neigh.
borbood v orked up to o high pitch OF
.exca,epept and large crowd gathers
at his doo. Barbara Hoffman, the
owner Of u Q house, who lives on the
third apor = it'll her con, had made o
bold attempt to poison Ward and his
wife, Roee, b putting . large quantity
|of n disinfeCea Mt In their dinner, which
was cooking o. the stove. Ward didn't
|eat any d inpsr, but went out and had
Mrs. He Hrnau .rrested BY Special OH
Ger Ehrm m, ~ the Twelfth district. A
wsrrant was Nv, I'm out before Magic.
t,ate Severn, vi committed her in
g. 000 bail.
Mrs. Hoffman - . widow, ~ years
old, who can spcsl but little English.
1t appears she hsa been jealous Of come
OF Wards yisiteEs. and has seized every
Opportunity to max, 1t unpleasant for
her tenants. Yestesd ~ Mrs. Ward came
into the dining room suddenly she dis
covered Frau Hoeem IN pouring o sus.
picious compound tn, % the rice.
Il was foUnd 70 be . disinfectant,
containing q lArgs p roportion OF car
bolic acid and had tea o scattered fr. el y
in all the victusls u I'd coffee. Even
with Mrs. Hoffmas behind the bars,
Ward wouldn's eat SUI per till the en-.
tire stock OF provision 10 In the house
had been thrown out nm d new supply
laid IN.
DE-. Carver, the champ lon rifle shot,
was severely injured li1t night while
giving IN exhibition ID his powers with
rifie at Ridk.way Park, by the prela-
ture explosion Of . cartridge rs it wa
being placed IN the gun. He was re.
moved to VII. 10 Hospital. where he was
treated, but st . late hour last night
DR.. Berens, tn Surgeon In charge, was
unable to give any opinion as to the or.
tent OF tho inj ury. The only thing he
could say In rel erence to 1t was that the
eyes Of his patti mt were 9th very much
inflamed, and that he had extracted
several grains Of powder which bad
been buried In he eyeSalls.
| Frank Fl. Lewis, who was recently
In pr.ton in this city for three weeks
On the charge OF defraadipg the Court
land Chair Com. pany INT Of o bill OF
$3.50, 1pd who Wis released by habeas
corpus on Friday last, Is believed to
have com mitted suicide by drowning
otbnet NJ Jul OuIy VI FstllhmcpObIt LIZ
wife. who expected hin.to join her be.
fore returning 10 C,urtlandt to meet bis
Iaccrsers, and his counsel, James II
Heverin, each having received letters
indi Sating such desigr. Lewis ia said
to be- nervous, excitSble man, who
took his trouble greatly to heart.
| Isaac Carroll, who has been engaged as
walter in summer reso-t at Lawnton,
stood in the dock at the Central yester.
day while Mamie Wales, eight years old
identified him AS the man who had crimi-
nally assaulted her in a woods near her
home, and gave the details OF the horrible
affair. The prisoner had nothing TO say,
and was committed without bail. The
case was sent before the Grand Jury at
once, and the brute will re rairoaded to
Cherry Hill next week. Hes good for
eighteen years.
During the storm last night the light.
lining affected the electric lights to such
an extent at the Casino that they were
suddenly extinRuished. The perform.
ance was brought TO q close and consid-
erable e1citem ent followed, but.no per
Is)n was hurt.